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Staging the amateur minstrel show, by Kent Walker.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PN 3195 .W35 1931
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, Kent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American minstrels.
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages illustrations, diagram 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Walter H. Baker Co., [©1931]
- Contents:
- Origin of the minstrel show
- Selection of officers and their duties
- When and where to present a minstrel show
- General outline of the minstrel show
- The first part
- The olio
- The afterpiece
- Selecting the talent
- How to make up
- Costumes
- Arrangement of stage and circle
- Teaching the singers the songs
- Rehearsing the jokes and gags
- Musical accompaniment for first part and olio
- The bones and tambourines
- Final rehearsal
- Final instruction before the curtain rises on the show
- Sample form of the program
- Some "Don'ts"
- Glossary of stage terms
- Minstrel tid-bits.
- Local Notes:
- The Forrest Performing Arts Collection.
- OCLC:
- 11130902
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